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J. E. LITTLE.

GATE.

N0. 850,874. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

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JOHN E. LITTLE, OF PRINCETON, INDIANA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,374, dated October 5, 1886.

Applicationfiled June 21, 1886. Serial No. 205,812. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

'Be it known that I, JOHN E. LITTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Princeton, in the county of Gibson and State of Indiana,

haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in gates, doors, and the like, being specially designed for farm-gates, barndoors, and other similar hinged devices, which are liable to sag toward theunsupported end; and

i it has for its objects, primarily, to prevent such position, and Fig. 2 a similar view, showing the gate in an elevated position.

The letters A and B indicate the fence-posts, which are driven in the ground or supported in any other convenient manner. The post B is provided with pintles G in proper positions to receive the hinge-sections of the gate, as

. oblique notches adapted to engage the upper more fully hereinafter explained.

.The letter A indicates the gate, which is composed of a series of parallel bars, a, con-' nected by vertical bars I) b If.

The letter 0 indicates the upper hinge-section of the gate, which is looped around the upper pintle so as to permit the gate to swing freely, the said section being bolted to the corner of the gate, as shown.

The letter D indicates an oblique beam extending through loops d, arranged at the lower and upper ends of the vertical bars b If, respectively. The upper end of the beam D is provided with a series of oblique notches, d, which are adapted to engage, singly, the lower portion of the upper loop d, so asto hold the gate either in a .normal position, as shown in Fig. 1, or in an adjusted elevated position, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The lower end of the oblique beam has secured to it the lower hinge-section, which is looped around the lower pintle so as to permit the said beam to swing thereon and allow the gate to be conveniently opened or closed. The free end of the gate is provided with a bolt, 6, which engages a catch, 9, on the post A, to lock the gate when closed. thus constructed the gate can be elevated at the end liable to sag, so as to keep it true at all times, and also that it may be raised, when desired, at the-free end, for any purpose that may be required.

1 am aware that gates have heretofore been constructed having pivoted bars, which are notched, and devices for engaging the same. so as to hold the gate in an adjusted elevated position, and such I do not claim, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

The combination, with the post 13 and the pintles O, of the oblique beam extending through the loops (2, and having a series of It will be seen that as loop, the gate and beam being provided with Witnesses:

J. R. McCoY, JOHN W. EWING. 

